Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Rates for subtitling work
Poster: Bernhard Sulzer
Post title: Not so mundane
[quote]jbjb wrote:
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Anyway, these are the volumes and margins we are talking about in subtitling. Huge clients, huge volume of work, very varied content. Nobody has time to think about mundane things like if they talk 200 words or 130 words per minute. [/quote]
It's not a mundane thing to me.
[quote]jbjb wrote:
Margins go very low and translators have a choice - accept the EUR 3 per minute or refuse and let somebody else accept that price. [/quote]
Find better clients. There's no reason to work at such conditions, be it for agencies or end clients.
[Edited at 2016-03-21 15:06 GMT]
Topic: Rates for subtitling work
Poster: Bernhard Sulzer
Post title: Not so mundane
[quote]jbjb wrote:
...
Anyway, these are the volumes and margins we are talking about in subtitling. Huge clients, huge volume of work, very varied content. Nobody has time to think about mundane things like if they talk 200 words or 130 words per minute. [/quote]
It's not a mundane thing to me.
[quote]jbjb wrote:
Margins go very low and translators have a choice - accept the EUR 3 per minute or refuse and let somebody else accept that price. [/quote]
Find better clients. There's no reason to work at such conditions, be it for agencies or end clients.
[Edited at 2016-03-21 15:06 GMT]
